Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC: Flu activity still up in U.S. in fourth week of 2013

(HealthDay)—In the fourth week of 2013, influenza activity remained elevated in the United States, with the proportion of pneumonia and influenza-linked deaths above the epidemic threshold, according to FluView, a weekly ...

Immunology

Viral infection in nose can trigger middle ear infection

Middle ear infections, which affect more than 85 percent of children under the age of 3, can be triggered by a viral infection in the nose rather than solely by a bacterial infection, according to researchers at Wake Forest ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

T-cell abnormalities in severe COVID-19 cases

There is an idea within the coronavirus research field that there is some kind of T-cell abnormality in critically ill COVID-19 patients, but specific details have not yet been clarified. To shed light on the problem, a research ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia risk affects all ages

(HealthDay)—Non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) is a significant burden in U.S. acute care hospitals and poses a risk to nonelderly, non-intensive unit (ICU) patients, according to research published in ...

Medical research

New recruits in the fight against disease

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have discovered the structure and operating procedures of a powerful anti-bacterial killing machine that could become an alternative to antibiotics.

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